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Name: Pyrsephonie Freja Oedegaard Year: First Year House: Hufflepuff Should you be able to drink and eat anything you like in the library? No, you should not be able to eat and drink anything you like in the library. What if you spill something on a book? The book would be ruined, and someone who might want to read it in the future wouldn't be able to. The information inside would be smeared and destroyed, making the book utterly useless. A book's purpose in this world is to be used!
Is the library supposed to be a center for drama or learning? The library is a center for learning. A library is filled with so much wonderful and fasinating information and so many new things to learn! A library has a certain air to it, an air that says, "Come here! Learn! Be enlightened!" When there are people in the library being loud and throwing their dirty laundry out into public, it fogs that air. It makes the air polluted and un-breathable.
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Name: Selena Zabini-Riddle Year: Seventh House: Slytherin Should you be able to drink and eat anything you like in the library? (Yes/No, explain why)
I believe that one should be able to drink and eat in the library. Sometimes eating and drinking something can keep a person focused on the task at hand and can make it easier for kids to focus on studying as opposed to snoozing off in a textbook. As long as a student doesn't damage a book or attract any rodents, I don't see an issue with eating at the library. Plus, people will get the books dirty if they check them out and study at the Great Hall while eating anyways. Is the library supposed to be a center for drama or learning? (pick one of them, explain why)
The library is a center of learning about drama and other things. Is that one choice? The library is not only a place for a good nap when one needs one but it is a place to soak up the knowledge that one can get from books. Without learning in the library, we'd all fail our NEWTs and OWLs. Plus, it's a place that inspires one to pick up a book. Books are cool. They smell nice when they're new.
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Should you be able to drink and eat anything you like in the library?
I'd say yes. Yes because you need energy for studying, and so you need food for energy. You really can't expect a student to sit for hours together in the library on a hungry stomach, can you?
If eating and drinking is done carefully, then it wouldn't harm the books in any way. And anyways, there is always magic to clean up!
Is the library supposed to be a center for drama or learning?
Learning of course. These thousands of books have been kept here for our knowledge and to help us in OWLS and NEWTS. But a little drama helps..
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Name: Kurumi Hollingberry Year: sixth House: Gryffindor Should you be able to drink and eat anything you like in the library? (Yes/No, explain why)
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Yes. I believe that one should be able to eat and drink in the library, but that these items should be monitored and within limits. No bringing a pizza right out of the oven for you to eat while flipping through your textbook for example. I believe that cold foods should be allowed, but people should be considerate and avoid smelly, greasy and messy food as well as food in noisy packaging. This can be very disruptive to those trying to focus on reading and research. As a simple example, apple slices would be alright, but perhaps something like grapefruit should not since the citrus smell can be rather overpowering.
During extensive study sessions, like what I experienced last term for my OWLs, it was very distracting and inefficient to have to leave my study table, head to the Great Hall for coffee and water, and then return and attempt to pick up where I had left off. I believe that more students would utilize the library if they were allowed to eat and drink in it within reason. I certainly gave up after a while and simply studied in my own common room to avoid shuffling back and forth between different locations.
This being said, as a wizarding school, I would hope that all books and reading materials have already been charmed to repel things like grease and liquids as a precaution. If not, I would be more than happy to help organize a group of students to make this so.
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The word itself, library, comes from the Latin word liber which means book. This itself implies that a library is a place of learning. However, I would like to say that a library is not just a place for learning, but rather exploring, as not all books here are simply academic based. I often come here to read fairy tales and fables that take me away and allow me to explore new worlds and possibilities. Likewise, academic books allow me to explore a new way of thinking and challenge myself.
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Name: Zeke de Ferreis Year: 4th House: Gryffindor Should you be able to drink and eat anything you like in the library? (Yes/No, explain why) Erm, as much as I like food, I don't think it should be allowed. Cause I guess there are lots of other places in Hogwarts for that stuff. Only the library's not allowed of food and drinks, and I guess that's one rule we could all respect and understand since it could...damage the books? Like spills and stuff. Who'd want to read books with occasional food pieces of drink spills in it? I wouldn't want that. Is the library supposed to be a center for drama or learning? (pick one of them, explain why) Learning....is this for real? Drama should be in some...theater or stage or something. Of course it's learning. You don't do drama in a library. Unless you want to throw books at someone.
Name: Adelaide Coral Year: 5th House: Slytherin Should you be able to drink and eat anything you like in the library? (Yes/No, explain why) I think that eating and drinking should be allowed in the library because people will come to the library. I find that studying while eating is very benefitting. Because this is a school for magic then the books should have spells on them to ensure that nothing damages them for sure. Plus I'm sure it would be just as likely for someone to drop a fragile book rather than spill food on it. Is the library supposed to be a center for drama or learning? (pick one of them, explain why) A library is filled with books. Books are used to read and learn from. Therefore it is pretty obvious that drama isn't meant to happen but learning. Drama is for the Great Hall or common rooms not library.
Name: Isaac Muir Year: 6th Year House: Slytherin Should you be able to drink and eat anything you like in the library? (Yes/No, explain why)
No way! I never personally have any food or drink around me whatsoever when I'm around books. Books are precious items that need as much care as something very personal to you! I'm always collecting books for reading, study, and the like, and care for each one as if it were a precious metal.
By having a drink or food around books, you risk spilling something on the books and causing irreparable damage to them!
Is the library supposed to be a center for drama or learning? (pick one of them, explain why)
Learning, it drives me absolutely bonkers when we have people come into the library bickering and complaining, fighting and yelling about nonsense. How can anyone get anything done, when you have to listen to others sit and fight in the next row of books? There is no need to bring drama into the library where people are trying to study or even just read in peace!
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Name: Sierra Greingoth Year: 5th House: Sierra
Should you be able to drink and eat anything you like in the library? (Yes/No, explain why)
Of course you should be able to eat and drink in the library! Why wouldn't you be able to? I mean, common sense should tell you that when you're hungry, you eat, and when you're thirsty, you drink. I don't think being in a library should suddenly change that. Besides, the worst that could happen is a spill, and even that is easily fixed. After all, this is a magical school, and we're all armed with wands. You are a witch or wizard, aren't you? Surely you can think of something, and if you can't--you're in a library! Look it up!
Is the library supposed to be a center for drama or learning? (pick one of them, explain why)
What is the meaning of this? Are you trying to be biased against a certain genre of literature? I just don't think we should be choosing one or the other. I don't read often, but I've heard there's some pretty good dramas out there. I don't think we should knock them off the shelves all for the sake of learning. Learning is important, too, though, because dumb witches and wizards lead to accidents, and there's just some things magic can't fix. So I don't think we should really choose one or the other. I say we welcome drama and learning in our library!
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Name: Sarah Emily James Year: 4th House: Gryffindor Should you be able to drink and eat anything you like in the library?
Practically the answer must be no. But these days everything gets modern and people are getting some sense of responsibility. They know it's bad to damage a book. It wouldn't be so bad to have a light snack or two. Better is that the library can itself have a little snack bar. It wouldn't hurt. Being a magical school it would be easy to clean up and students don't have to go all the way to the Great Hall for food during exam sessions. We could have charms and protective spells to find the damage or even resist damages. Hogwarts has to be different.
Is the library supposed to be a center for drama or learning?
Library is primarily for gaining knowledge on vast subjects. We can change practices in running it, but not the purpose. Art and drama have a separate place. Library is for it's silence and depth.
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Name: Nora Reed Year: Four House: Slytherin
Should you be able to drink and eat anything you like in the library? (Yes/No, explain why) I think that there are plenty of other places in which students can eat and have a drink, but snacks should be allowed if there is someone who plans on spending countless hours, studying in the library. However, even if those snacks are allowed, everyone should pay attention not to spill anything on the books, or anywhere at all.
Is the library supposed to be a center for drama or learning? (pick one of them, explain why) Absolutely not a center for drama. The library should be the most quiet and relaxing place in the castle, where students can fully concentrate on their assignments, on studying for exams, or simply for research.
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Name: West Odessa Year: First House: Slytherin Should you be able to drink and eat anything you like in the library? (Yes/No, explain why)
YES.
The reason I say yes Mr. Librarian is because if you are eating and drinking you are fuelling your brain and then that means you are doing a better job of learning and obviously libraries are for learning. Also, everyone knows that you have to be careful not to make a mess and especially not to mess up books, so it makes people need to be careful and its good to practice being careful because that way you are more likely to be careful in other places too. And also Mr. Librarian I think this is a bit of a trick question, like you're trying to SAY that you don't think that I can eat and drink in a library and not make trouble from it, like you think that I'm not capable of not spilling stuff or not putting my rubbish in the bin after. My dad took me to a big library one time, a real big one at a university that he was doing some stuff at and I had to entertain myself in that library while I waited for him and people were allowed to eat and drink in it because in real life you don't get treated like a little kid in a library and its expected that if you make a mess or ruin anything then you clean up or replace or pay for whatever you ruined. Anyway besides all that, this is a magic library right? And people that come here are supposed to be able to do magic AND my dad used to use spells that stopped all my stuff at home from getting messed up when I was too little to be careful. I think this is a dumb question sir, and I won't like you very much if you won't let me eat in the library, and I'll blame you if I stop growing too because people need food to grow as well as to think.
Is the library supposed to be a center for drama or learning? (pick one of them, explain why)
BOTH.
Its illogical to tell me to pick one when both are the right answer and they don't automatically cancel each other out. I really don't think you thought these questions through, sir, unless its just that you think its funny to make us answer trick questions about things? Drama for one thing is a genre of books. Guess what is in a library? Books! And guess what books are used for? Learning! I totally got you there, right, sir? Yeah I did. And also MY dad says that you can learn from ANYthing.
I'm going to rewrite your questions for you now, and YOU can answer them, because these questions are dumb.
1. How should messes be dealt with in the library?
2. What should people be doing in a library and what stuff should they get kicked out for?
See? Much better. You should totally pick me for whatever this whole thing is.
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Name: Taylor Belle McIntyre
Year: 3rd year
House: Ravenclaw
Should you be able to drink and eat anything you like in the library? (Yes/No, explain why) No, because you might spill or get something on the books, which can ruin them and limit the amount of people who would be able to learn from them.
Is the library supposed to be a center for drama or learning? (pick one of them, explain why) The library is suppose to be a center for learning since it is a quiet place to study, read and learn. It has books and resources to make learning that much easier.
Should you be able to drink and eat anything you like in the library? (Yes/No, explain why)
I don't think so. Its too easy to spill something and spoil a great or expensive book. If you are that hungry leave the library and grab a bite to eat and come back. At my library at home I don't let anyone eat in there.
Is the library supposed to be a center for drama or learning? (pick one of them, explain why)
A library should be a place of adventure. A place where you come to let your imagination run free and unbridled. It should be a place where you walk among the great minds and run through the fields with the great characters of literature.
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Name: Alyssa Potter Year: Fourth House: Hufflepuff Should you be able to drink and eat anything you like in the library? (Yes/No, explain why)
I don't think that people should be able to drink or eat anything we like in the library especially drink. Many of the books in the library are old and delicate. An accidental spill of a drink will ruin them forever. The same goes for food. Some food may leave an oily or dirty residue on the eater's hands. If they forget to clean them before they touch the books, there will be oily and dirty stains all over the pages of the books.
However, exceptions can be made if the person is diabetic and needs to keep their sugar level at a normal level. They should be able to suck on a hard candy. I want to say chocolate frogs should be allowed too especially since I love them, but I know that they do get messy, so I guess those would have to be disallowed....unless...the cards they contain will help with the student's research. If that is the case, then maybe we can make an exception....please
Is the library supposed to be a center for drama or learning? (pick one of them, explain why)
I believe that the library should be a center for learning. If people want drama they should go enroll at WADA. The library is where you go to learn all you need to know about the past and the present. It's a place where you can learn about dramatic events but that doesn't mean that the students should re-enact them in the library.
Name: Liesel Walther Year: Fifth year House: Slytherin Should you be able to drink and eat anything you like in the library? (Yes/No, explain why)
You should not be able to eat or drink in the library. Because you can quite easily spill drinks on the book and then the book will be damaged and then that would be a waste wouldn't it? And eating can distract you from you are actually meant to do in the library. Eating greasy things then touching books will make the books greasy and its disgusting to touch and damages the book.
Is the library supposed to be a center for drama or learning? (pick one of them, explain why)
Learning because other students are studying for exams and homework and if some other people with lots of drama comes up they easily will be distracted. Drama is for outside.
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Name: Isidora Miroslava Year: First House: Ravenclaw
Should you be able to drink and eat anything you like in the library?
Anything? No. Depends. Like who's eating and what ARE they eating? You gotta take that into consideration cause some kids can't aim food into their mouth properly and wouldn't be able to even if you charmed their lips into the shape of a funnel. But if they aren't messy eaters and have some manners and such, they should be allowed to eat in the library. But even THEY shouldn't be allowed to eat just anything in the library. Like sticky foods and drinks and stuff that falls apart easily shouldn't be allowed.
You should make a list of approved foods and beverages, I can help! Or you can PROVIDE us with foods and drinks cause sometimes even I get hungry when studying and need something to keep my stomach from rumbling. When it rumbles I can't focus and then I'll lose valuable studying time running all the way down to the great hall for just an apple. Maybe a designated eating area? Or they have to prove capable of magically cleaning up their mess before being allowed food? There are tons of options for you to chose Mr. Librarian Man, I don't think you need my help on decided either not that I MIND or anything.
Is the library supposed to be a center for drama or learning?
Learning, duh! It wouldn't be a library if it didn't focus on learning. What kind of drama would there be in the library anyway? Unless your talking about drama dealing with learning like debates, then that's cool sure. That's not really drama though, just study groups which should not be too loud so not to disturb others.
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Name: Zhenya Burton
Year: Third
House: Slytherin
Should you be able to drink and eat anything you like in the library? (Yes/No, explain why) Yes, because otherwise I might get hungry, but no because I might get the books dirty!
Is the library supposed to be a center for drama or learning? (pick one of them, explain why) Learning because it is quiet and full of books. I save the drama for places I can raise my voice!
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Name: Emmanuelle Moreau Year: Sixth House: Slytherin Should you be able to drink and eat anything you like in the library? (Yes/No, explain why) No, because it's a library not a dinning hall. Besides that, what if, hypothetically, you were eating or drinking something in the library and someone tripped you? The spilled food/drink could land on a book and ruin it. And, of course, thanks to the laws of the universe the ruined book would be the rarest, most irreplaceable one in the whole library. So eating/drinking anything in the library is totally irresponsible. Is the library supposed to be a center for drama or learning? (pick one of them, explain why) The library is supposed to be a place of learning. Why else would it contain all those books? To seem important?
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Name: Elise Fairfield
Year: 3
House: Ravenclaw
Should you be able to drink and eat anything you like in the library?
No. Eating anything you like should be banned in a library, even a magical one. Firstly, although it is a school of magic, discipline still needs to be practiced. Discipline is essential in any one person's life and should any of the Hogwarts students ever need to use a Muggle Library, they might be a little destructive with the food and as for charming the books to repell stains, the stains in question would not happen if there was no food in the library.
However, I think it would be acceptable if the person in question has a medical condition which requires them to eat at regular intervals. In that case, there should be a list of such people and the foods they bring in should be within reason and not overly greasy.
Is the library supposed to be a center for drama or learning?
Library by definition is a place set apart to contain books, and therefore should be a center for learning. Of course learning comes in all its forms, and adventure can also be a form of learning. However sir, Drama is a genre of books and therefore this would be a trick question.
However, the drama you meant is likely to happen anywhere, it would simply be wise to advise the students to keep it down so that the environment remains one conducive to learning.
Name: Amelia Kaikoura "Mika" Johanson
Year: First
House: Ravenclaw
Should you be able to drink and eat anything you like in the library?
No you should not drink or eat in the library with the only exception being water in a closeable container similar to a thermos or water bottle. The reason you shouldn't eat or drink in the library is as follows - the books may very in age some being hundreds (or more) years old. The paper in the older books is delicate as well as the binding and the leather covers. The food particals and the grease and oils from the food can damage the pages or the binding. It can even eat at it and eventually DESTROY IT! (not good).
Drinks on the other hand can spill onto the pages and they can get stuck - the reason that water is acceptable at times depending on the age of the book is because it is easily cleaned. However water does do damage as well and one must immediately dry the book in proper form so that the pages don't either 1. get stuck together or 2. melt away(?). The closed container makes it so its harder for the water to spill.
Is the library supposed to be a center for drama or learning?
This question in itself isn't really logical or illogical - because of this one key point. A library can be filled with drama that is not your own - that being said you can learn through classic literature through-out the ages both muggle and magical stories. The books can be filled with their own drama while teaching you important lessons.
One thing that is really spiffy about books is well - you learn from them and libraries are where these great tomes of history are kept. Filed if you could say as neatly as possible so that others can use their cleverly crafted words as a means of learning.
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Should you be able to drink and eat anything you like in the library? (Yes/No, explain why)
YES! Why? People usually feel sleepy after they read several pages and foods and drinks help them to stay awake. Would you rather have a bunch of sleeping students in the library?
Is the library supposed to be a center for drama or learning? (pick one of them, explain why)
Learning of course. Why would it be a center for drama? drama already has its own place. Its called Theater Mr. Librarian. Or they could do it outside.
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Name: Beatrice Evangeline Castell Year: Third House: Ravenclaw
Should you be able to drink and eat anything you like in the library?
Technically, eating and drinking is highly prohibited at the library. Because not only does it entertain the prospect of food being spoiled into books and other reading paraphernalia, but it might also distract the readers. However, I personally think that eating and drinking should NOT be completely disallowed from the place.It can be done, but only to a limit. As simple as that, there should be designated limitations. And given that, rules and conditions should therefore be made for the matter.
Is the library supposed to be a center for drama or learning?
*frowns* By drama, what exactly do you mean? Like student life drama? Quite frankly, I don't have anything against drama. But since the library is as we all know, a place for learning. Then I suppose, learning should be MORE prioritized than drama. Limits, that's really all to it. Both on drama and learning.
Should you be able to drink and eat anything you like in the library?
NO! i don't think we should ever be allowed to drink or eat in the library, because whenever we eat or drink we all are likely to drop something or other and also when we are reading ans also eating kind of like get distracted too cause of the taste and all of the food.
Is the library supposed to be a center for drama or learning?
Learning of course, drama is a totally different thing if we go to see. There shouldn't be any drama in the library.
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Name: Louisa Carter. Year: Six. House: Ravenclaw. Should you be able to drink and eat anything you like in the library? (Yes/No, explain why)
No. Because it is a library not a cafeteria or a restuarant, there are books all over the place and this particular library has valuable books not found anywhere else. I'd rather it stayed respected and clean.
Is the library supposed to be a center for drama or learning? (pick one of them, explain why)
Center of learning, of course. It's the original purpose of a library and Drama happens almost everywhere else any way, might as well keep one place drama-free.
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